Example sentences of "something of a [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rolls-Royce 's model cycle of 15-plus years also posed something of a problem when it came to deciding tactics with the new car . |
| 2 | This can be something of a problem when the user wishes to receive one ( or more ) a.m. stations on the medium or long-wave band ! |
| 3 | Location was something of a problem when it came to Pat Phoenix , the phenomenally successful Elsie Tanner of Coronation Street . |
| 4 | Manager Goodman quickly spotted that Harry 's lack of inches ( he only stood 5ft 6in ) were something of a handicap when playing down the middle in Second Division football and successfully transferred him to the outside-right spot . |
| 5 | In view of these attitudes , it came as something of a surprise when the Chancellor 's 1989 Autumn statement included an extra £250 million over two years to tackle the problem of homelessness . |
| 6 | Already something of an embarrassment after the publicity surrounding the leak of his report , he became something of a liability when the results of the polygraph tests also leaked out to the press . |
| 7 | So , it came as something of a disappointment when a Ms Mel Chevannes , who ran a black supplementary school in the West Midlands , wrote to the Wolverhampton Express and Star to protest at my testing ‘ hypotheses that black people are ‘ happy-go-lucky or very physical in their outlook ’ ’ and that my aims were to ‘ damage even further the life chances of black children ’ ( 25 June 1980 ) . |
| 8 | This is something of a paradox when one remembers Lord Hailsham 's assurance that the 1981 Act was intended to be a liberalising measure . |
| 9 | Indeed he caused something of a turn-up when he named a Swede as one of his three wild card selections in the 12-man side to meet the United States at the Belfry at the end of the month . |
| 10 | This is satisfactory enough , though it is often necessary to perch the tripod on top of a platform or a solid table , as otherwise you will have to be something of a contortionist when looking at an object high in the sky ( incidentally , the same is true of a small refracting telescope ) . |
| 11 | Known for being something of a perfectionist when it comes to his equipment , Murray had Martin Petersen , whose work has been favourably reviewed in Guitarist , build him a bass last year . |
| 12 | It will be something of a milestone when WCUK , North East completes the refurbishment of 48 homes in Grangetown , Cleveland this autumn . |
| 13 | The match in Ireland ended under something of a cloud when the reigning American Club Professional Champion Larry Gilbert ( right ) was withdrawn from the singles on medical grounds . |